The Bergeron line, which torched the Senators for 11 points in Boston two weeks ago, had just three shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes.

Pasternak’s goal to give the visitors a 1-0 lead was scored on a line change, with all five of the aforementioned Senators on the bench.

The teams exchanged power-play goals in the second, when the Bruins were held to one shot as a team through the first 15 minutes then took advantage of Ottawa’s first two minor penalties of the game.

Bergeron made it 3-1 deflecting a Pastrnak point shot 21 seconds in the third, on the tail end of the too-many-men penalty called on the Senators in the middle period.

That penalty spelled the difference in the game. And of course it had Pastrnak’s fingerprints on it. While carrying the puck up the ice, he signalled to the referee the Senators had one extra player on the ice.

Now that’s vision.

The Senators had a chance to get back in it when Mark Stone’s shot deflected and fluttered by Tuukka Rask, but for the second time in the game B’s defenceman Brandon Carlo swiped the puck away as it was heading for the goal line.

Minutes later – and again with Jaros, Borowiecki, Smith, Paajarvi and Pyatt on the bench because they couldn’t get out in time – Marchand set up Pastrnak for his second of the night.

Craig Anderson kinda called this one in the morning.

“You tip your hat sometimes when they make five passes and make an easy backdoor tap-in,” he said. “Sometimes you’re like all right, well, congratulations.”

There wasn’t five passes, but Marchand put on a brilliant stick handling display to set up the goal. And yeah, once again you had to tip your hat to Marchand, who dropped the gloves with Smith after the latter drilled his teammate, Matt Grzelcyk, in the second period. There’s less than a handful of skilled guys in the league who would do that, and they’re all bigger than Marchand.

Meanwhile, Jaros was playing his first NHL game against the Bruins, but he is quite familiar with Pastrnak. The two 22-year-olds grew up squaring off in international games when Jaros’ Slovaks faced Pasternak’s Czechs.

“He was a really good player on the under-16 team, the best player on the team,” said Jaros,who was matched up against Pastrnak back then. “I was playing against him a lot. I would say like my junior age, on international team. We are close countries, so we have all the international games against each other. Like pre-season games, and national team tournaments.”

About his first NHL meeting of what should be many against Pastrnak, Jaros said:

“I’m looking forward to that. He’s tough guy to handle, but I will try to do good against him.”

Jaros (pronounced Yar-osh) has put a lot of kilometres on his car this month. The constant shuffle back and forth from Belleville has turned him into a Yar-osh Yo-Yo, (trademark TSN1200’s Steve Lloyd).

Jaros doesn’t at all mind the back and forth, and not just because he makes $755,00 as a NHLer compared to $70,000 in the minors.

“Belleville is not far,” he said. “They ask me if they should send someone for me, but I drive myself. I need my own car here.”

He can never be sure how much to bring clothing-wise, so he errors on the side of caution.

“I pack more stuff, because you don’t know what day you will get sent down,” he said. “I pack more clothes so I’m good for a couple of more days.”

Boucher has spoken glowingly about players before, but he really laid it on when asked about Jaros in the morning.

“He’s a tough, extremely fast … like I said before, if you go to our stats in terms of speed, he’s second after (Alex) Formenton,” said Boucher. “He’s a horse also. He’s extremely strong. I love his jump. I love he way he defends. The way he kills. He’s got a great stick, on top of that. Whenever he makes a mistake he compensates, because he’s right back into the play.

“He’s got some really good tools. His hands are really good. He’s got a terrific shot. This guy’s got so many tools. I like him a lot. A lot.”

Is he good enough to be a full time NHLer now?

“We’ll see,” Boucher said, again with the sly smile. “We’ll see. He’s been really good for us.”

Senators face the best line in the Western Conference on Friday when they visit the Colorado Avalanche, which is lead by Mikko Rantanen, Nate MacKinnon and Gabriel Landeskog. While they could be getting Cody Ceci and Ben Harpur back from injury, they’ve got to figure out a way to keep Jaros.

The Senators won’t have last line change on the road, but the teams they play might actually make the mistake of wanting their best on the ice against Jaros. They wouldn’t expect a player with six games experience to be this good.

Shutting down an opponent can be just as rewarding as scoring a goal for Magnus Paajarvi.

“If we win,” the Senators winger said Tuesday morning. “That’s the measuring stick. It’s fun to sabotage other lines. if you get that role. Absolutely.”

The 10th overall pick of the 2009 entry draft, Paajarvi entered Tuesday with 51 goals in 394 career games. Maybe less than expected from a high first-rounder, but on the other side of it the two players selected just before the 27-year old Swede (Scott Glennie, Jared Cowen) aren’t even in the league.

Paajarvi, 27, has carved himself a niche.

“I came in maybe a little different than I am now, for sure,” he said. “But I have embraced it and I think I’ve gained a really important role. It’s my ninth year right now and it’s working. I feel very confident in it. I think the team does as well.”

Entering Tuesday’s game, Paajarvi and Tom Pyatt were the only Senators’ full-time forwards still looking for their first point of the season. Paajarvi does not have to be reminded.

“I’m trying to be offensive, too,” he said. “I want to score. I’ve had my chances. I should have scored a couple of games, I think. That’s getting there too.”

Good to see a skill player stick up for his teammate, especially a smaller fella like Marchand #Bruins#Senators

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